Jovetic heads a Vargas throw into the path of Gilardino and rifles wide his shot from the return pass.

31' /

Cristiano Zanetti picks out Gilardino in the box but Cristian Chivu makes a brilliant sliding interception to block the Italy striker's shot on the turn.

28' /

Gilardino can't manage a shot on target from Vargas' corner.

28' /

Mario Balotelli is booked for what Nicola Rizzoli adjudges to be a foul on Felipe.

25' /

Lucio blocks and clears Vargas' dangerous cross from the left channel.

25' /

Another clearance by Lucio - a more important one this time. Gilardino acrobatically controls a cross from the right and shoots through Julio Cesar's legs but fortunately Lucio is on the goalline to make the clearance.

22' /

Chance for Maicon. Chivu crosses from the left and the Brazilian hits it first-time with the outside of his right foot. Wide.

21' /

Inter close as Mario Balotelli takes advantage of a mistake by De Silvestri and gets into the box before sending a low shot wide of the far post.

20' /

Muntari fails to connect with another low right-wing cross from Maicon.

18' /

Back at the other end, Julio Cesar makes a punched clearance from Marchionni's cross.

17' /

Inter break down the right. Balotelli sweeps wide to Maicon who advances down the wing and delivers a low cross for Eto'o, who is closed down by De Silvestri before he can get a shot in.

16' /

Cordoba blocks a fast left-wing cross from Vargas. Corner for the Viola.

15' /

Cristiano Zanetti floats into the area for Vargas. Cordoba intercepts and makes a headed clearance, with Jovetic blasting wide his effort from the loose ball.

13' /

Marchionni and De Silvestri have two right-wing crosses blocked by the Inter rearguard.

12' /

Samuel Eto'o fires over Frey's crossbar after dribbling three players during a run into the area from the left. Nice move by the Cameroonian.

11' /

The second booking of the game goes to Cordoba for a foul on Jovetic.

10' /

Fiorentina launch a counter-attack after clearing Balotelli's right-wing free kick. Zanetti regains possession for Inter just inside his own half.

8' /

Lucio needs treatment for a nosebleed after an aerial duel with Gilardino. Inter momentarily down to ten.

5' /

Natali commits a foul on Cordoba in the box as the Colombian makes a diving clearance from Vargas' left-wing corner.

3' /

Vargas is booked for a rash two-footed tackle on Muntari. He will miss Fiorentina's next Coppa Italia match.

1' /

With Serie A and Champions League games at home to Juventus and Barcelona on the horizon, José Mourinho has rung in the changes for the cup semi-final return. Materazzi and Cordoba return in defence, Thiago Motta and Muntari start in midfield and Balotelli returns in attack.

1' /

Fiorentina boss Cesare Prandelli has also made a series of changes to the team that held us 2-2 last weekend, with De Silvestri, Marchionni, Cristiano Zanetti, Vargas and Gilardino all returning to the starting lineup.

1' /

Former Fiorentina player Stefano Borgonovo, who suffers from ALS, is presented with the Fiorino d'Oro, the highest honour of the City of Florence. Borgonovo will watch the match with the Viola faithful in the Curva Fiesole.

1' /

There will be a minute's silence before kick-off at the Artemio Franchi to remember the victims of yesterday's train crash near Merano in the Val Venosta.

1' /

Away we go in Florence. Inter kick off.

1' /

Free kick to Inter in the opening seconds. It's about 30 yards from goal.

1' /

Balotelli fires his free kick over the bar.

1' /

Diego Milito scored in the first leg to give us the edge over Fiorentina in this season's Tim Cup semi-final. That game was over two months ago, but tonight's rematch marks the second meeting between the two teams in the space of several days after Saturday night's Serie A clash which ended in a 2-2 draw.

1' /

The prize for tonight's winners is a place in the 2009/10 Tim Cup final and a 5th May meeting at the Stadio Olimpico with Roma or Udinese, who go head-to-head in their return leg next week with the Giallorossi 2-0 up.

49' /

Full time. Inter beat Fiorentina 1-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate to reach the 2009/10 Tim Cup final.

48' /

Gilardino is flagged offside as he nods wide a cross.

48' /

Maicon has a late chance for the Nerazzurri, firing wide from 25 yards.

45' /

Cristiano Zanetti sets up a chance for Gilardino, who beats the offside trap and pokes wide from close range.

45' /

Four minutes of stoppage time to play.

42' /

Play interrupted momentarily as Cordoba has a touch of cramp to deal with.

GOAL!!!!! Samuel Eto'o controls Thiago Motta's brilliant ball over the Fiorentina defence with his right foot and crashes a close-range shot past Frey with his left, and we have a foot in the final! FIORENTINA 0-1 INTER.

12' /

Fiorentina now need to score three.

10' /

Thiago Motta is booked for a lunging tackle on Vargas.

9' /

Kroldrup tackles Eto'o in his own area and concedes a right-wing corner. Nothing comes of Maicon's cross from the flag as Rizzoli blows for a foul by Balotelli, although the replay shows a shove by Kroldrup on the Italian.

7' /

Vargas' cross from the left takes a slight deflection off Ivan Cordoba. Julio Cesar makes a smothering save.

5' /

Another chance for the Nerazzurri as Balotelli just fails to connect with Cordoba's cross-shot from Maicon's corner.